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DEAR ABBY: My fiance, “Bubba,” and I have a small disagreement that I would love your take on. He constantly complains he’s too tired, or annoyed or busy, to show me romantic or friendly affection and attention. But he goes out of his way to snuggle and play with our two dogs and cat.

Currently featured in the near-altogether in Stuff magazine, the
24-year-old Dallas native and former "Baywatch" co-star modestly
states the obvious during a recent breakfast interview.

"That young male demographic is something that's never an easy
thing to get," she says. "And since the beginning of time, young
guys have liked to look at young, pretty girls. Genius!"

NBC entertainment president Jeff Zucker, the genius behind the
move to put babes in charge of both "Dog Eat Dog" and "Spy TV" (Ali
Landry), has a tougher time explaining himself. His verbatim answer
goes like this: "Um, uh, you know, look, um, Brooke and Ali
obviously are, um, um, are, are good-looking young women and, um,
and I do think are, um, are assets to the programs, especially to
the audience that has gravitated toward them, particularly young
men."

Even big-time network executives are entitled to towel off when
Brooke Burns is under discussion. More stunning in person than
on-screen, she's um, uh, happy to be hosting NBC's hottest new
commodity. All 13 episodes were taped in a month's time, and the
show recently was picked up as a midseason replacement.

"Sometimes you get something that you think is going to be a
piece of trash and it turns out fantastic," she says. "So you have
a good time, you enjoy yourself and you brace yourself for the
future no matter what it is."

Monday's edition of "Dog Eat Dog" will put Burns in the company
of six Playboy Playmate contestants vying for the game's $25,000
cash prize.

The game is a blend of derring-do and borderline brain power.
But there are no gross-out activities, and Burns encourages
contestants instead of belittling them. Her outfits are a
combination of boots, tight pants and form-fitting crop tops. In
short, she's not Alex Trebek.

"If nothing else, it's great exposure and I get to have a really
good time," she says.

Her route to "Dog Eat Dog" and single motherhood began in North
Dallas. She attended Trinity Christian Academy until the seventh
grade, when her parents, Brad and Betsy Burns, opted for
home-schooling so she could spend more time training with the
Dallas Metropolitan Ballet. She began dancing at age 2-.5, "large
gut, chubby thighs and all. Not to mention chubby cheeks."

A skiing accident at age 15 required reconstructive knee surgery
and ended her dancing career. She soon began modeling, traveling
throughout Europe and moving to New York on her own at age 17.

"I found out you could make $125 an hour just smiling in front
of a camera," she said. "Fantastic!"

She also began doing commercials, and soon got an offer to
co-star in the shortlived 1996 series "Out of the Blue." In 1998
she was cast as Jessica "Jessie" Owens on "Baywatch."

"People give that show such a hard time," she says. "Either you
love it or you hate it. But it was a great platform to jump off of
as far as visibility internationally."

An appearance on a celebrity edition of "Fear Factor," where she
was eliminated in the first round, led to the hosting stint on "Dog
Eat Dog." She also has guested as a "fantasy girl" on Ally McBeal
and made her feature film debut in last year's "Shallow Hal."

Off-screen, Burns had a brief marriage to Australian actor
Julian McMahon, who is the father of her daughter, Madison, now
2.

"I'm a protective mama bear," she says.

Her pictorial in August's Stuff, accompanied by a sometimes
explicit interview, is a "live-and-learn" mistake, Burns says. She
especially regrets upsetting her parents. Dad is a church elder and
"my mommy is a mommy who used to work at a bank."

"I think at first they thought maybe I was a little nuts when I
went off on my own," she says. "But we've built a relationship that
has trust and love, and they've really been supportive all the way
through. That's important because I come from a tight family and it
matters to me what they think."

Burns plans to be back in Dallas later this summer to visit her
parents. In the meantime, she has this message for her father, whom
she hopes won't sweat the small Stuff .

"Daddy, I'm a 24-year-old adult trying to be the best single mom
that I can possibly be," she says. "Sometimes we all make bad
choices. But you know I'm smart because you taught me well. I learn
from my mistakes and hopefully we can move on."

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